A company insider recently bought 200,000 shares of PepGen Inc [PEPG]. Should You Buy?

The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. PepGen Inc shares valued at $640,000 were purchased by Oxford Science Enterprises plc on Sep 30 ’25. At $3.20 per share, Oxford Science Enterprises plc acquired 200,000 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 4,955,388 shares worth approximately $23.34 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. purchased 9,375,000 shares, netting a total of over 30,000,000 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $3.20 each, the insider now holds 18,554,273 shares.

Before that, STRECK PAUL had added 8,375 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $10,393, the EVP, Head of R&D bought PepGen Inc shares for $1.24 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 8,375 shares, worth approximately $0.13 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Guggenheim on September 09, 2025, PepGen Inc [PEPG] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $6. Analysts at BofA Securities downgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”an Underperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid December. As of July 31, 2024, BofA Securities has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Neutral” for PEPG. Earlier on December 21, 2022, H.C. Wainwright initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for PEPG stock.

Analyzing PEPG Stock Performance

On last trading session, PepGen Inc [NASDAQ: PEPG] rose 1.95% to $4.71. The stock’s lowest price that day was $4.49, but it reached a high of $5.1 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 77.07%. Over the course of the year, PepGen Inc shares have dropped approximately -46.60%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $6.34 on 09/25/25 and a 52-week low of $0.88 on 04/09/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for PepGen Inc (PEPG)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 4.43, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 4.16. In the upper region, resistance lies at 5.04. The next price resistance is at 5.38. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 72.04 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.

Is PepGen Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of PepGen Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-09-15 dropping by -0.18 million shares to 1.12 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-15 was 1.31 million shares. A decline of -16.41% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.94 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.94.

Which companies own the most shares of PepGen Inc (PEPG)?

In terms of PepGen Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 10.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 127.27% from the previous closing price of $4.62. Analysts anticipate PepGen Inc stock to reach 12 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 9. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked PepGen Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025.

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